Is there a way to force download php files? I know how to do this with pdfs and things but php files do not seem to work in the same way. They download but have no content.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Force Downloading.
Do you mean downloading PHP source code from a site? That's not possible (except if they want to allow it explicitly or the server is badly configured). Before you get the file all the PHP is already executed by the server, and what you get is the output of the PHP script.
| Dougie1 wrote: |
| Is there a way to force download php files? I know how to do this with pdfs and things but php files do not seem to work in the same way. They download but have no content. |
This works for me
| Code: |
| <?php
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream; charset=us-ascii'); // must use substr(<PHP_SELF>, 1) to remove leading slash header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="' . substr($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], 1) . '"'); readfile(substr($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], 1)); ?> |
[Edit:] Try the script in the root directory of your site.
Why do you want to force the file download?
| Dougie1 wrote: |
| Is there a way to force download php files? I know how to do this with pdfs and things but php files do not seem to work in the same way. They download but have no content.
Thanks. |
Do you actually want to download certain PHP files from sites?
I was actually wondering if there is a method to download a php file from any particular site like www.xyz.com/index.php [which is not my site] or something like that.
I am not very familiar with PHP, hexkid, but can your code do the above operation?
| scorpio wrote: |
| I was actually wondering if there is a method to download a php file from any particular site like www.xyz.com/index.php [which is not my site] or something like that.
I am not very familiar with PHP, hexkid, but can your code do the above operation? |
My example above, is to download a php file on a server where you can create php scripts.
| hexkid wrote: |
| I am not very familiar with PHP, hexkid, but can your code do the above operation? |
I've tried to do this too but never succeeded; I was trying to come up with some method which wouldn't involve running the file, but there really isn't one. Just now I tried opened a php file on my website in notepad (by typing in the direct link into the File name box in the Open window) and it still - obviously - returned the output of the file.
nup it's impossible as the code runs on server and gives html output which is sent back to the browser by the server unlike java scripts where the code is run on the clients computer..........
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